GAY RIGHTS

GLBT organizations:

- Human Rights Campaign: Working for human rights in the gay and lesbian community.

- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): Media watchdog group promoting fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals and issues in all media, aiming to eliminate homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC): International human rights group aiming to protect the human rights of men and women subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status.

- International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA): Federation of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered people everywhere.

- ACLU: Gay and Lesbian Rights: News alerts about current civil rights challenges involving the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community, and advice on how you can take action. From the American Civil Liberties Union.